Connecticut Ornithological Association
PHOTOS OF CONNECTICUT BIRDS
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Loons to Vultures
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All photos taken in Connecticut.

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American Bittern
(Botaurus Ientiginosus)
 
November, 2002. Westport. © AJ Hand

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Least Bittern
(Ixobrychus exilis)

July/August, 2002. Lower Connecticut River
© Hank Golet

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) July, 2003. Fairfield. © AJ Hand

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) January, 2003. Hamburg Cove, CT River. © Hank Golet

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Great Egret
(Ardea alba)

Resplendent in breeding plumage about to land at rookery.
April, 2002. © AJ Hand

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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Note head plumes. June, 2002. Westport. © AJ Hand

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Immature with crab. June, 2003. Westport. © AJ Hand

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Immature. June, 2002. © AJ Hand

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Black-crowned Night-Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)

January, 2003. Stratford. © Dave Tripp.

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Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)

May, 2005. Farmington. © Henry Staszak